-The Indian Express Pune: About 1200 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will be deployed for relief and rescue operations as cyclone Lehar is expected to hit coastal Andhra Pradesh by Thursday. The rescue and evacuation operations which involve teams from the defence paramilitary forces will include 30 NDRF teams, each consisting of 40 personnel, according to Alok Awasthy, commandant of Pune-based fifth NDRF battalion. While 10 teams from Vijaywada-based...
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Helen tapers off, toll mounts to six
-The Hindu Hyderabad: Severe tropical cyclone Helen tapered off into a low pressure area on Saturday causing extensive damage to standing paddy crop and leaving six dead in the four districts of coastal Andhra region. According to official reports, six persons - two each in Krishna and East Godavari and one each in Srikakulam and West Godavari - were dead while paddy crop spread over 3.5 lakh hectares suffered extensive damage. In...
More »Cyclone Helen flattens 10 lakh acres of crops
-The Times of India VIJAYAWADA: Cyclone Helen caused havoc in Krishna and Godavari delta areas of Andhra Pradesh destroying standing crops in about 10 lakh acres and causing a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore. According to initial estimates, about three lakh acres of rice in East and West Godavari districts separately and 2.5 lakh acres in Krishna district were damaged. Another one lakh acre of crops was damaged in Visakhapatnam and...
More »Thousands evacuated, life thrown out of gear as Helen makes landfall
-The Hindu HYDERABAD / KAKINADA / ELURU: Several thousand people were evacuated from low-lying areas, standing crops in a few lakh acres were marooned and coconut trees and electric poles were uprooted in the three coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh as the severe cyclonic storm Helen made a landfall near Machilipatnam on Friday afternoon. Even after landfall, the system was expected to maintain the intensity of cyclonic storm for six hours and...
More »After vegetables, rice to get pricier with floods, drought -Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times A decline in paddy production in eastern states and Andhra Pradesh has triggered speculation of a lower rice output this year, stoking a 10-30% spike in prices at a time when high vegetable prices have pushed inflation to a seven-month high. Floods and incessant rains in major rice producing states such as West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh during the harvesting period have affected the paddy crop. Talking to...
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